The results of Ireland’s first National End of Life Survey show that the majority of participants believed that the care their loved ones or friends received in the last days and months of their life was ‘very good’.
Over 4,500 bereaved family members and friends took part in the survey.
A shared learning event for board members and executive management teams of centres for people with disabilities was hosted by HIQA in March at the Printworks in Dublin Castle.
The event focused on the importance of the relationship between boards and executive management teams for good governance of disability centres and the impact it has on those availing of services.
In April we published a communication toolkit: ‘Fundamentals of good communication: How to have effective everyday conversations’. This toolkit was developed in collaboration with the Child and Family Agency (Tusla) and a number of stakeholders from children’s social services and aims to support effective communication.
We continue to prepare for the commencement of the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023. We have been meeting with stakeholders to explain how our role will expand, and prepare them for new reporting requirements that will be required of them when the Act is commenced.
2024 marks HIQA’s 15th anniversary of the regulation of nursing homes and we are planning to hold a national event for nursing home providers on 17 October. The event will look back over the last 15 years of regulation of nursing homes, the changes which have occurred and the plans for the future.
We took part in the 18th annual Guideline International Network (G-I-N) Conference in Glasgow last month. This event provides a platform to present the findings of research conducted to support national clinical guidelines and research in furthering guideline methodology.
We were pleased to take part in the Smart Health Summit in Dublin this year. In a panel event, Dr Kevin O’Carroll, HIQA’s Standards and Technology Manager discussed how the full value of our investment in eHealth can be unlocked, and explored the theme of data standardisation and digitisation.
Members of our team have been attending a variety of conferences over the last number of months, and used these opportunities to discuss and exchange ideas with national and international colleagues. For example, attending the recent National Patient Safety Office and European Social Network conferences among others.
